Bahrain national dialogue begins
Bahrain’s Sunni leaders begin talks with majority Shias aimed at resolving months of violent protests. Go to Source
View ArticleSaudi Arabia and Pakistan
Comrade Junaid wrote me this in response to a post from yesterday: “I just wanted to let you know that it is simply untrue about such an opinion being “rarely expressed in Pakistan.” All you will see...
View ArticleTaking a chance on a democratic Yemen
The Yemeni youth movement represents the country’s best chance for democracy – but it needs outside support to succeed. by Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera, Aug 8, 2011 1 Yemen finds itself in the fifth...
View ArticleMikati & Salam: ‘If Lebanon votes against the UNSC Syria resolution, we will...
Most parties withing the ‘new’ majority in Lebanon were in favor to vote with Russia & China! Go to Source
View ArticleJordan’s King Replaces PM, Intel Chief
King ‘Abdullah II of Jordan has replaced Prime Minister Ma‘aruf Bakhit with ‘Awn Khaswaneh, after a majority of Parliament called for a change. Khasawneh has been serving on the International Court of...
View ArticlePolitical Pluralism breaks out in Tunisia
Tunisia’s election outcome gives 41% to the Muslim fundamentalist party Al-Nahda. One of the other two winners is the Rally for the Republic– of long-time political exile Moncef al-Marzouqi. Then the...
View ArticleWhile the sectarian slaughter continues, someone, somewhere is still imposing...
At least until the end of 2011! “… The twin explosions, which took place at an intersection in the Shiite majority Ur neighborhood in northeast Baghdad, were spaced 10 minutes apart, a familiar...
View ArticleTunisian Confusion
As might be expected in a country that never had real election results before, has no majority party and has some electoral disputes, Tunisia’s future is almost as confused now as it was on Friday, if...
View ArticleUNESCO Palestine Vote Isolates US Further
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization recognized Palestine as a full member on Monday setting off a crisis between the United States and the United Nations that seems...
View ArticleA Middle East ‘scholar’s’ quantification …
Randa Slim a ‘scholar’ at the Middle East Institute decides that “…While it is impossible to know which side commands a majority, a critical mass of Syrians has clearly opted for regime change...”,...
View ArticleUS Public to Israel’s Likud: On Iran, Negotiate or you are on Your Own
A new poll shows that the US public, showing a broad consensus across parties, wants the Iran nuclear enrichment issue dealt with through negotiations. They even want to entrust the issue to the UN...
View Article‘Eight votes For, Six votes Against!’
“… Ben Caspit reports (Maariv- Hebrew) that the cabinet now has, for the first time, a majority (eight votes for, six votes against) favoring the measure. This means that theoretically Bibi can begin...
View ArticleEgypt’s constitutional crisis (continued)
The Islamist majority in the Egyptian parliament appears to have badly overplayed its hand with its attempt to rush the formation of the constituent assembly and impose a majority of its own...
View ArticleUS arms Sales to Bahrain Undercut Criticism of Russia, Iran on Syria
You wouldn’t think Bahrain and Syria were much linked. Both are Arabic-speaking countries, though about half of Bahrain’s residents are non-citizen guest workers who speak anything but Arabic. One is a...
View ArticleYouth still hold Egyptian military in high esteem
Youth in Egypt still hold the country’s military in high esteem, and a majority of them disregard criticism of it. Even when Tahrir Square demonstrators chanted slogans such as “Down with military … Go...
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